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A few things happened over the weekend that got the old cogs turning in my mind. The popularity of a name and the manner by which it evolves. According to a recent poll 1 in 4 children under the age of 11 are more likely to affiliate the name Winston with the nodding dog from […]

Conservationists have been celebrating the birth of a rare pygmy hippopotamus at Australia’s Taronga Zoo in Sydney. There are less than 3,000 of the endangered animals left in the wild, and zoo keepers say every hippo born is “extremely important” for the species’ survival. Monifa, who weighs 13 pounds (six kilos) and is the size of […]

Conservationists have been celebrating the birth of a rare pygmy hippopotamus at Australia’s Taronga Zoo in Sydney. There are less than 3,000 of the endangered animals left in the wild, and zoo keepers say every hippo born is “extremely important” for the species’ survival. Monifa, who weighs 13 pounds (six kilos) and is the size of […]

Well done to ex-South America leader Danny for your sterling effort at the Bristol Half Marathon – an extremely respectable 1hr 40mins. For the wellbeing of all spectators though, if you decide to run another race, Quest Overseas will be happy to sponsor you with some longer shorts – are those even legal?!!!

One of Countdown’s youngest competitors has continued his run of form, winning his third show in a row. Eleven-year-old Kai Laddiman beat his latest challenger – taxi driver Bill Franklin – by a comfortable 95 points to 61.And the schoolboy, from Broad Oak in East Sussex, is proving to be a king of the conundrums. […]

Well done to ex-South America leader Danny for your sterling effort at the Bristol Half Marathon – an extremely respectable 1hr 40mins. For the wellbeing of all spectators though, if you decide to run another race, Quest Overseas will be happy to sponsor you with some longer shorts – are those even legal?!!!

One of Countdown’s youngest competitors has continued his run of form, winning his third show in a row. Eleven-year-old Kai Laddiman beat his latest challenger – taxi driver Bill Franklin – by a comfortable 95 points to 61.And the schoolboy, from Broad Oak in East Sussex, is proving to be a king of the conundrums. […]

That’s right, Movember has come round again, so its time for all you men to start growing a killer handlebar, dali, fu manchu, imperial, toothbrush or even the walrus. So whats it all about? Well it was set up to raise awareness and money for mens health issues. Myself and Simon have taken up the […]

Mothers in Kenya have marked Barack Obama’s historic win in the US presidential elections by naming their newborns after him and his wife. More than half of the babies born in a Kisumu Hospital on the day after the election were named either Barack or Michelle Obama. Kisumu is close to the village where Mr […]

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